Latin America & Caribbean

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Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Zachary Porreca

Zachary Porreca

Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Maria Puolakkainen

Maria Puolakkainen

Graduate Student, University of Oxford

Sandra Quiñones

Sandra Quiñones

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Beatriz Quintero

Beatriz Quintero

Senior Program Manager, Pan American Development Foundation

Anna Beatriz Ramalho Gonçalves

Anna Beatriz Ramalho Gonçalves

Department of Penitentiary Administration, Brazil

Helidth Ravenholm

Helidth Ravenholm

Consultant, Culture Contact

David Restrepo

David Restrepo

Daniel Rincón Machón

Daniel Rincón Machón

University of Cambridge

Francesca Rispoli

Francesca Rispoli

University of Pisa

Renato Rivera

Renato Rivera

Pan American Development Foundation

Elizabeth SAENZ

Elizabeth SAENZ

Liaison Officer Geneva, UNODC

Carolina Sampó

Carolina Sampó

Associate Researcher, Conicet, Argentina

Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Instituto RIA

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Diana Siller

Diana Siller

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Dr. Rashmi Singh

PUC Minas

Zara Snapp

Zara Snapp

Co-founder, Instituto RIA

Isis Soto

Isis Soto

Attorney General's Office of Panama

Dr Peter Stoett

Dr Peter Stoett

Ontario Tech University

Camilo Tamayo Gomez

Camilo Tamayo Gomez

Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Huddersfield (UK)

Ian Tennant

Ian Tennant

Fund Manager & Vienna Multilateral Representative, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Paula Tobo

Paula Tobo

Andrea Varsori

Andrea Varsori

Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield

Luis Daniel Vazquez

Luis Daniel Vazquez

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Ana Velasco

Ana Velasco

Women In International Security

Talks

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Markus Hochmüller Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Sandra Ley Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Leo Lin Marco Antonelli Rossella Merlino Camilo Tamayo Gomez Francesca Rispoli

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Carolina Sampó Adriana Abdenur Mariano Bartolomé Concepción Anguita Olmedo Andrea Oelsner Marcos Alan Ferreira

Assistance to victims of trafficking in persons

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Mayra Hernandez-Figueroa Livia Wagner Gustavo Mauricio Bastien-Olvera Raquel Caspi

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Karina Garcia Reyes Eduardo Giralt

Partnerships for peace: Standing up against violence one destroyed weapon at a time

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Elba Chacon Héctor Carrillo Montserrat Deu Pons Laura-Lee Gillion

Cars, gold, and territories: Trends of organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Gabriel Feltran Luiz Guilherme Paiva Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança Carolina Grillo Janaina Maldonado

Organized crime and corruption

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Elizabeth SAENZ Fernando Zarabozo Tuesday Reitano Ian Tennant

Organized crime and urban violence

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Maria Puolakkainen Fausto Carbajal-Glass Zachary Porreca Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas Andrea Julieth Pelaez

Organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Andrea Varsori Giselle Florentino Alice Alves Casanova André Duffles Teixeira Aranega Camila Dias Gabriel Funari

Comparative perspectives on illicit crop economies and non-punitive rural drug policies

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
David Restrepo María Alejandra Vélez Maria López-Uribe Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Camila Dias Arturo Alvarado Mendoza Sérgio Adorno Veronica Zubillaga

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Ana Velasco Mario Abrego Estefania Bernal Diorella Islas

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Oswaldo Zavala Zara Snapp Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas Dawn Marie Paley

Organized crime: Human trafficking, contraband and repression

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Taciana Santos de Souza Leo Lin Mathew Charles Maria Zuppello

Rio's 'jogo do bicho' [gambling] organisation: Brazil's unknown 'cosa nostra'

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Damián Zaitch Amy Chazkel John Dickie Damian Platt

Resilience as a prevention mechanism: Colombia

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM
Felipe Botero Ces Marianne Juan Carlos Nieto Alejandro Cruz Julie Peña Joshua Mitrotti

Ports

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Ruggero Scaturro Anna Sergi Kristina Amerhauser Fatjona Mejdini

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Karla Mendes Julius Kaka Delon Omrow Peter Stoett

Criminal dynamics and exploitation of communities in Chiapas and Chihuahua, Mexico

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Diana Siller Livia Wagner María Landa

The path to the North: Migrant smuggling in the Darien region

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Paula Tobo Mariana Botero Restrepo Jay Albanese

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Luis Daniel Vazquez Mónica Meltis Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Michael Chamberlin Olivia Leon Gabriel Mondragón Toledo

Gender violence and organised crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 11:30 PM
Daniela Cristóbal Yael Anahí López Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero Nayely Iturbe

Trying to make it the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American drug trade

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Rebecca Wickes Christian Bolden R. V. Gundur Guadalupe Correa Cabrera Tim Lauger

Women in OCGs Latin America

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Deborah Bonello Elaine Carey Carolina Sampó Gema Kloppe-Santamaría